Meghan Beesley (born 15 November 1989) is an English track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed at the 2013 World Championships narrowly missing the final. Earlier in her career, she also competed in the heptathlon. Beesley broke the world record for the rarely contested straight 200 metres hurdles by 0.69 seconds at the 2014 Great City Games in Manchester.
Competition record Representing and 2007 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 6th 400 m hurdles 58.76 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.29 2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.08 2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 11th (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.32 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 7th 400 m hurdles 58.36 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.51 2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.69 Universiade Shenzhen, China 8th 400 m hurdles 59.21 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.09 2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th (sf) 400 m hurdles 57.32 2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 9th (sf) 400 m hurdles 54.97 2015 World Championships Beijing, China 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.41 2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 20th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.612018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.38 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 11th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.41 Athletics World Cup London, United Kingdom2nd 400 m Hurdles 55.90 European Championships Berlin, Germany3rd 400 m hurdles 55.342019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar24th (sf)400 m hurdles56.892021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan26th (h)400 m hurdles55.91
Personal bests 200 metres – 23.53 (Birmingham 2015) 400 metres – 52.79 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2011) 100 metres hurdles – 13.21 (Loughborough 2015) 400 metres hurdles – 54.52 (Beijing 2015)
Indoor 200 metres – 23.56 (Birmingham, UK 2018) 400 metres – 52.80 (Vienna 2013)
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